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Re: Vanagon Syndrome is it also known as Digifant Disease, maybe?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 16 Jun 2014 06:20:26 -0700
...one of those cars.......All the other stuff, the sensors and switches etc..., that I've replaced over the years, so far all those...
Re: the case of the curious blinking LED
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:38:09 -0700
...Ignition switches are always suspect. I had a case of 'no headlights' on an 86 Doka . The only headlights that will work are high...
Re: 83 h20 fuel injection problem
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 21:43:51 EDT
...bench checked the aux air regulator >4) checked out throttle position switches back to Fuel Injection >Control > >**** Dynamic checks: (I borrowed a scope from...
1.9L vanagon syndrome (lawnnnggg)
Historical mailing list - Brian brian
Tue, 27 May 2003 14:05:42 -0700
...I couldn�t quite get the tests of the throttle switches to work out right; the switches work correctly, but checking the voltage across...
Re: Trailer hitch, other Parts For Sale...
Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 12:01:37 -1000
...items like tail and turn signal lens, interior mirrors, alternators, > gauges, switches, handles, glass, heater cores,etc., mostly from mid-80's > vans. > Please...
Re: Dash coming out. Any prev. maint tips?
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:44:42 -0800
...Next pull out the switches by pressing the tabs to release them from the cluster. The cluster should lift out and remove the big...
Re: vanagon fire
Historical mailing list - Art Jury
Sun, 16 Feb 2014 10:53:25 -0800
...Within reason it is always good to exceed the load rating for relays (or switches) so I like the 40 amp versions, when I...
Re: Now Preventative Maintenance, Was Do U carry spare ECU?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:54:29 -0500
...Most > control and switching circuits were relays and many of the relays were open, > not encased, like in cross bar switches. And regs at...
Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Sat, 18 Jan 2014 10:51:07 -0600
...Throttle body switches out of limits and need adjusting. >>>> >>>> Anyone have any ideas about this? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> John >>> >> > > . >
Thigs to do when the fridge it out (long)
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Fri, 31 Mar 2000 09:30:57 -0800
...Burp the fridge. (turn upside down for 24 hours, then back up for 24 hours) I run both my extra fans manually using switches...
Porsche Powered Vanagon In Road Testing! - Pics Now Available!
Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:27:05 -0500
...The thermoswitch on the oil cooler needs to be swapped out for a unit that switches the fan on at a lower temperature. I...
Re: Vanagon running on vegetable oil
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:32:06 -0400
...Clark switches back to diesel fuel just before shutting off his engine. He still has most of the diesel fuel he put into his...
Re: Installing new defroster/heater fan INSTRUCTIONS - LONG
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:16:02 -0700
...Next pull out the switches by pressing the tabs to release them from the cluster. The cluster should lift out and remove the big...
Re: Hot Foot well
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:55:11 -0500
...don't waste your time with the standard ten dollar valve. > They last about as long as cheap CV boots and junky ignition switches...
Re: Considering sale of Syncro Westy
Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:40:34 -0700
...These are about > 40% worn. > > > Incidentals which are included: > > * Some spares, including fair amount of stuff for the > instrument panel (switches, flexible circuit > strips...
New Cheap South African Grills are Here! (Also Cheap Mud Flaps)
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Thu, 20 Jun 2002 13:34:26 -0400
...This illuminated switch looks like the other switches in your dash, and fits in the blanked out switch spot on your speedo cluster. H4...
Re: Question about Transmission Stutter
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:52:09 +0000
...Did you clean the throttle body and adjust the two micro switches? See > Bentley 24.33, note last paragraph on that page. With the...
Re: Diff Locking Questions and Trip Report
Historical mailing list
Tue, 19 Sep 1995 18:47:29 -0400
...and if I did there should be three seperate push-pull switches? > (there are places for two more to the left of the first...
Re: Overhead Westy light
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:36:05 -0700
...The box also has some spade type fuses for more take off > points. > My relay is mounted next to it and switches from starting...
FRONT HEATER / BLOWER FAN - Removal Instructions - EXTREMELY VERY LONG
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:29:51 -0800
...You may have to remove the front and rear heater fan switches/control as well. Also remove any auxiliary wiring on the dash that...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - James
Tue, 3 Dec 2013 19:41:03 -0500
...Tie in a wire to the Hall output, > run it to a hidden toggle switch that switches it to ground via a 5k > resistor...
Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:51:54 -0700
...The t-stat switches gradually over from one circuit to the other. The Heater circuit is something else of course, and not termostated in...
Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 6 Jan 2017 17:19:58 -0500
...After some time I finally obtained another used unit > (there were no new or better engineered switches available at that time) it > had the...
Re: WTB: heater switch
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:05:00 -0600
Again, I guess it depends on how you look at it, but the marginal switches last fine for the first 8 or 10 years...
For Sale: single swivel seat and misc VW stuff new and used
Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:41:27 -0700
...Wiper switches (2) Used. Brown 1 is stamped "84", other 1 looks similar but has no stamp. (Came with van when purchased from PO...
Re: Where can this wire be found?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Thu, 26 May 2011 15:42:11 -0700
...Those > pressure switches fail much? > > -- RJS > > On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 12:48 -0700, Scott Daniel - Turbovans > wrote: > > > it might be brown where...
Getting a handle on Idle problems...
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Sun, 20 Apr 2003 23:11:02 EDT
...Digijet has two switches mounted on top Air flow meter: -The screw in the air flow meter allows for UN-METERED air to pass...
Re: refrigerator failure, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile
Historical mailing list - David Vickery
Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:04:17 -0800
...When I push the switch for propane (the propane one of the three push switches at the right of the refrigerator control panel) and...
Re: Remote Starter Switch Wire-up for '88GL
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:44:35 -0700
...On 2.1 waterboxer engines, the wires for the oil pressure switches are wire-tied to a large coolant hose going to the t...
Re: .................... and vanagons
Historical mailing list - Neil2
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:56:37 -0700
...are 'touching' the shift lever ... > a micro switch in the shifter switches a vaccum valve ( got that part too ) > that disengaes the conventional clutch...
Re: Rad fan testing
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 10 Aug 2015 20:05:35 -0400
...these motors to completely give up the ghost but the wiring, >>>> switches, >> and >>>> control relays are a whole different story. On the early vans...
Tach install..aftermarket into 84 Long Post
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:21:20 -0800
...So I've collected up a couple of dash foils and two junker dash panels with various operating switches, dials and gauges. Found the...
Re: does aux air reg affect idele after warm up 1.9
Historical mailing list - Scott
Tue, 10 May 2016 15:04:44 -1000
...I have the 1.9 with the two switches on > >> throttle body and they both are set correctly. The vacuum advance > >> works fine but...
Re: Wont start
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:11:14 -0800
...I haven't replaced it, yet... >>> I'll research remote starter switches. From its name I can guess it's function but I'm...
RE: Cruise control for '80-82 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Tue, 19 Dec 1995 15:05:00 -0800 (PST)
...Some "gain" adjustments are done with a screw, while other manufacturers use banks of switches that you set in various combinations for more powerful...
Re: 82 ex-Diesel Starter Trouble
Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
Fri, 20 Mar 1998 12:25:48 EST
...Anyone have any ideas? Also, VW's > ingitions switches only give you one shot to turn the starter, then you > have to remove the...
Re: No High Beams
Historical mailing list - Mike
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:37:55 -0400
...This gets the entire circuit warm (even hot!) and will break down insulation and plastic parts over time (remember how our headlight switches melt...
Re: Vanagon Starter relay kit
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Wed, 9 Dec 2015 15:21:12 -0500
...Making the switch do all the work of starting > the car is a well-known way to wear out the switches, which I have...
Re: '88 lurching at 2500-3000 rpm
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright, SMUS Network Analyst
Mon, 11 Mar 1996 19:57:19 PDT
...My Jetta has these switches for idle & full throttle, but I can't see any here - it loooks pretty much like my old CIS...
RE: Aux Battery
Historical mailing list - Charlie Moore
Tue, 26 Nov 1996 14:55:25 -0800
...You also can easily combine = both battery banks with these switches since they have 4 positions; = Battery 1, Battery 2, BOTH or OFF. - Charlie...
Re: [VW-TDI] HELP - I keep going into limp home mode (00575)
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:22:48 -0700
...First, I thought it may be the pedal switches. An email from Germany and looking at a working Jetta revealed that the answer is...
Re: Oil light and warning
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:19:55 -1000
...The oil pressure > switches are readily available, but the circuit board that goes in the dash > pod is not. It seems to be NLA...
Re: does aux air reg affect idele after warm up 1.9
Historical mailing list - Scott
Mon, 9 May 2016 14:19:15 -1000
...in the first two years of 1.9 there are two switches right on top of the throttle body, just 'stuck on there' and...
Re: AC - Again! '91 Carat
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 23 Jul 2016 10:12:26 -0400
...This switches power to the .09 ohm resistor speeding the fan up significantly. If the high side pressure continues to climb at some point...
Re: rising cost of Vanagon parts...
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Wed, 4 Dec 2013 13:02:28 -0800
...readout that wasn't right.....A bank or two of toggle > switches and you are there... I used the back of a dish pan...
Re: aftermarket tach
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 2 Jun 2011 22:24:00 -0700
...oil pressure switch, > 86's and later have two oil pressure switches on the engine. > IF you get an 86 or later instrument cluster...
Help diagnose Cinco
Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:06:56 -0700
...injector resistances, throttle closed & open switches, ground Ohms, etc. Note: At one point, the "left relay" test did not appear to have 12v when...
Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 9 Jun 2012 10:10:21 -0400
...I understand the headlight switches are often 'problematic' and I do have a spare, so I'm putting swapping in my spare switch near...
Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:44:06 +0000
...rich. > (Yup -- slowly climbs to about .45mV). > 3> When the ECU switches to closed loop operation the Dot swings back and > forth rapidly. (Yup...
Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long)
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sat, 9 Jun 2012 09:14:34 -0600
...I > understand > the headlight switches are often 'problematic' and I do have a > spare, so > I'm putting swapping in my spare switch near...
=?utf-8?Q?Re:_All_wipers_on,_won=E2=80=99t_turn_off_=28fixed!=29?=
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 24 Aug 2021 14:57:47 -0700
...story is that >> >> depressing >> >>>> the >> >>>>> stalk, or pulling back on it, switches between front wash and rear >> >>> wash ( >> >>>>> and wipe). >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Neutral position between two...
oil in coolant... a strange event!
Historical mailing list - chris Moyles
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:50:34 -0500
...20/1998 fuel filter 6/9/1998 "70,254" throttle valve switches $206.23 6/9/1998 rotor 6/9/1998 temp sensor 8...
Re: Rad fan testing
Historical mailing list - Michael
Tue, 11 Aug 2015 09:40:42 -0400
...these motors to completely give up the ghost but the wiring, >>>>> switches, >>> and >>>>> control relays are a whole different story. On the early vans...
Re: Clarify On Board Propane used outside
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Wed, 8 Jul 2009 07:35:22 -0400
...This will probably be this winters project since I got the electrical all done with added outlets and switches and stuff Thanks Jonce >Hi...
Re: Oil pressure alarm problems problems--this is a good one for any one up for a challenge.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:02:05 +0000
Sounds like the either the wires to the switches are reversed or you have the wrong switch in place. The high pressure switch is...
Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:02:59 -0700
...rich. > (Yup -- slowly climbs to about .45mV). > 3> When the ECU switches to closed loop operation the Dot swings back and > forth rapidly. (Yup...
Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:10:17 -0700
...an open briefcase on a stand, big > meter, bunch of dial switches, sockets for quad, octal, 7- and 9-pin > miniature, clip lead for...
Re: Question about Transmission Stutter
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 09:19:45 -0700
...Did you clean the throttle body and adjust the two micro switches? See Bentley 24.33, note last paragraph on that page. With the...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 1 Oct 2015 16:53:34 -0500
...If it doesn't see that indication it sounds the audible alarm and flashes the led. > > > > There are 2 oil switches. The second switch...
Re: Murphy's Law - was : Remote Starter Switch Wire-up for '88GL
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:30:24 -0500
...I moved the RPM levers up and the Captain for the day reached over and snapped both "Smile Heat" deicing switches on wit one...